Round Trips

[domino.99]

All buses rattle
A quiet engine makes a bus shocking now?
Loud heater? Seriously....
I didn't find the seats particularly uncomfortable when I was on it earlier
Headroom is not an issue anywhere on Centros unless you're very tall and decide to sit right at the back

Bit contradictive from someone who likes thrashes.

[domino.99]

Most enthusiasts enjoy a "thrash" that is not to say a bus with a quiet engine is somehow "shocking"? You need to learn a bit of common sense and think before you post

Excuse me!!!

It's called a bloody opinion, and my opinion is that 30808 is a shocking bus

[Chris2301]

Whats a thrash?

[domino.99]

Whats a thrash?

I think @Matt is best to answer this.

[Trident 4194]

Back in the real world, today was

14:01 241 to halesowen (4351)
met @Trident 4194 how I put up with this kid I do not know
14:14 9 to stourbridge (6108)
14:33 x96 to wollaston junction (4818)
14:45 228 to kinver (e200)
15:13 228 to stourbridge (e200)
15:31 9 to halesowen (6101)
15:51 4h to hayley green (30213)
16:18 4h to halesowen (30816)
16:27 002 home (30808)
18:37 241 to haden hill (4193)
18:50 244 to halesowen (866)
19:02 002 to weoley castle (30881)
19:20 x64 to selly oak (2145)
19:29 11c to bearwood (4638 - great bus)
19:44 126 to 3 stops later... (4596)
19:48 140 to the stag (4548)
20:02 99 to halesowen (805)
20:15 241 home (4358)
20:20 9 to halesowen (6103)
21:16 9 back (6103)

I think you mean 4348 on 140 @Matt

[Tara4352]

X96 goes to Wollaston farm @Matt

[domino.99]

X96 goes to Wollaston farm @Matt

Yes but also passes through Wollaston Junction! @Rhys S

[Trident 4194]

X96 goes to Wollaston farm @Matt

We got off at the 276 terminus !!!!!!

[Reece]

23/05/2015 Yesterday I decided to go into Wales and got a Arriva Midlands Day Saver...

Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (2713) Y353UON
Arriva | 436 > Bridgnorth Sainsbury's - Shrewsbury Bus Station (2997) YJ57EKE (The driver was talking to me about how tight the schedule was on the 436 and how hard the route is to do with in a hour)
Arriva | 70 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Oswestry Bus Station (3729) YJ57BPZ
Arriva | 2 > Oswestry Bus Station - Wrexham Bus Station (3786) FL63DXU

( Got some lunch in Wrexham and had a look round the city and walked down to Wrexham General Railway Station and got some timetables. Then decided to hop on a Sapphire )

Arriva Sapphire | 1 > Wrexham Bus Station - Gresford, The Plough Inn (4402) J200ABW (Very comfortable super high back black leather seats and the charging points worked as well) 8)
Arriva Sapphire | 1 > Gresford, The Plough Inn - Wrexham Bus Station (4421) K100ABW (BEAST of a E400!!) 8)

( I then did some spotting at Wrexham bus station and the bus drivers are really friendly in Wales lots of waves / thumbs up and smiles from the drivers of both GHA and Arriva )

Arriva | 2A > Wrexham Bus Station - Oswestry Bus Station (3788) FL63DXW (A good Thrash on some of the hills in Wales!)
Arriva | X70 > Oswestry Bus Station - Shrewsbury Bus Station (3729) YJ57BPZ (The X70 was just leaving Oswestry when the driver just pulled into Arriva's Oswestry depot. He parked up the bus and just left me and a few other passengers on board for about 5 mins before another driver took over)
Arriva | 436 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (2997) YJ57EKE (Very Hard seats worst than Urban90s!)
Arriva | 297 > Bridgnorth, High Town - Kidderminster Bus Station (2269) SK52MLF (This bus is on it's last legs doesn't sound healthy at all)
Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (2269) SK52MLF

10 out of 10 > Best round trip I have ever done by far and really enjoyed going into Wales for the day :D

[Reece]

@Reece been meaning to do that trip for ages, I planned it last year but never got around to doing it, might do it this week if not during summer. How much was the day saver?

@Matt Arriva Midlands Day Saver > £6.20 and a Arriva Wrexham Day Saver > £4.20 I had to buy this ticket to ride the 1 to Gresford.

[Reece]

@Matt 3 hours and 59 mins from Kidderminster not including the 1 route I did when I got to Wrexham.

[PM]

23/05/2015 Yesterday I decided to go into Wales and got a Arriva Midlands Day Saver...

Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (2713) Y353UON
Arriva | 436 > Bridgnorth Sainsbury's - Shrewsbury Bus Station (2997) YJ57EKE (The driver was talking to me about how tight the schedule was on the 436 and how hard the route is to do with in a hour)
Arriva | 70 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Oswestry Bus Station (3729) YJ57BPZ
Arriva | 2 > Oswestry Bus Station - Wrexham Bus Station (3786) FL63DXU

( Got some lunch in Wrexham and had a look round the city and walked down to Wrexham General Railway Station and got some timetables. Then decided to hop on a Sapphire )

Arriva Sapphire | 1 > Wrexham Bus Station - Gresford, The Plough Inn (4402) J200ABW (Very comfortable super high back black leather seats and the charging points worked as well) 8)
Arriva Sapphire | 1 > Gresford, The Plough Inn - Wrexham Bus Station (4421) K100ABW (BEAST of a E400!!) 8)

( I then did some spotting at Wrexham bus station and the bus drivers are really friendly in Wales lots of waves / thumbs up and smiles from the drivers of both GHA and Arriva )

Arriva | 2A > Wrexham Bus Station - Oswestry Bus Station (3788) FL63DXW (A good Thrash on some of the hills in Wales!)
Arriva | X70 > Oswestry Bus Station - Shrewsbury Bus Station (3729) YJ57BPZ (The X70 was just leaving Oswestry when the driver just pulled into Arriva's Oswestry depot. He parked up the bus and just left me and a few other passengers on board for about 5 mins before another driver took over)
Arriva | 436 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (2997) YJ57EKE (Very Hard seats worst than Urban90s!)
Arriva | 297 > Bridgnorth, High Town - Kidderminster Bus Station (2269) SK52MLF (This bus is on it's last legs doesn't sound healthy at all)
Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (2269) SK52MLF

10 out of 10 > Best round trip I have ever done by far and really enjoyed going into Wales for the day :D

I guess it can't be long until the 436 is taken over by GHA Coaches.

[Reece]

I guess it can't be long until the 436 is taken over by GHA Coaches.

@DiamondDart Yeah from the 19th July GHA take the 436 sadly. :(

[PM]

@DiamondDart Yeah from the 19th July GHA take the 436 sadly. :(

Couldn't remember the date but I thought it was fairly soon! GHA seem to be investing well across their large network though and look a lot smarter than just a couple of years back!

[Alex]

Sundays in Blackpool, brilliant (i say, sarcastically). Decided to get myself a daysaver and go round the wrekin.

BPT322-20-1015-Marton Mere camp to Blackpool North station
Walked about for a bit and got some breakfast
BPT530-9-????-Blackpool Town centre to Cleveleys Bus Stn
Managed to find a model of Lynx 1199 in Cleveleys (Score!)
BPT3??-7-????-Cleveleys Bus Stn to Clevelyes Tram stop
Tram 001-Cleveleys to North Pier
Gawped at 551 for an hour
STG15909-PT61-Blackpool Town centre to Marton, Clifton Arms